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By: ( STRACHAN / HEWETT, C.(ed):
Price: £16.00
Publisher: Taranman/Carcanet 1984 (1st.).:
Seller ID: 50298
Green cloth gt. Fine in very good dustwrapper. Numerous photo. plates. 230 pp. INCLUDED IS A POSTCARD FROM THE AUTHOR to Claudius Beatty, dated 16 Aug. 1991. Hand-written, and signed: “Walter Strachan”.( 7 lines of text). Correspondents incl: Sylvia Townsend Warner/ Sydney Cockerell/ Stephen Gooden/ Joan Hassall/ Henry Moore/ etc.etc.; View more info
Price: £8.00
Publisher: london: J.M.Dent and Sons Ltd. 1951 1st edition.:
Seller ID: 73883
Size 5.75 x 8.5 inches. In grey cloth covers with gilt to black title label on spine. With illustrated dustwrapper. In very good condition with very good dustwrapper (dw; spine slightly rubbed at ends. A couple of small tears to top edge. Price clipped). Mild foxing to edges. Else a clean and tight copy. 298pp. With b/w illustrations. Thomas Fuller is best know for his ‘History of the Worthies of England’. This biography gives his social and educational background, including the Civil War. View more info
By: AMIEL, Henri-Frederic: WARD, Mrs. Humphrey:
Price: £75.00
Publisher: London, Macmillan & Co., 1906 repr:
Seller ID: 80090
Hardback, 7.5 x 5 inches. In polished dark blue leather, raised banding and gilt decoration and lettering to spine, gilt paneled boards, all edges gilt and marbled endpapers. Fine binding by “Morrell, London.” In very good condition. Sumptuous fine leather binding by “Morrell, Binders, London.” Some minor rubbing to corners. Some light foxing spots to endpapers. Inside pages very clean and tight. Else a stunning copy. 318pp. View more info
By: ANDERSON, MONA:
Price: £7.00
Publisher: A.H. and A.W. Reed. Sydney. 1965 1st edition.:
Seller ID: 71241
Size 5.5 x 8.75 inches. In cream cloth covers with red gilt to spine. With illustrated dustwrapper. Maps to endpapers. In very good condition with good dustwrapper (dw; slightly creased and rubbed along edges. Spine slightly faded. Old repairs to tears. Not price clipped). Signed on main title page. Else a clean and tight copy. 199pp. With b/w photographs and maps. The history of Mount Algidus sheep station in New Zealand and the people who worked there. View more info
By: ANON;
Price: £25.00
Publisher: Printed by J. Haddon for T. Williams, London. 1812 7th ed:
Seller ID: 74590
Size approx 4 x 7 inches. Half bound in maroon calf leather to spine and corners with marbled paper covered boards. Gilt decoration and lettering to spine with black leather spine label. Page edges marbled. In very good condition. Leather and boards are faded with some rubbing to edges and corners. Inside is immaculately clean and tight and pages remain bright. Owners booklabel and label “B.Hunt, Fancy Bookbinder & Stationer, Birmingham” to front endpaper. 134pp. View more info
By: ARCHER, JEREMY:
Price: £7.00
Publisher: Century. London. 2007 1st edition.:
Seller ID: 73365
Size 5.5 x 8.75 inches. In green cloth covers with gilt to spine. With illustrated dustwrapper. Green endpapers. In near fine condition with very good dustwrapper (dw; Not price clipped). A very clean and tight copy. 222pp. With b/w line drawings. Collection of stories, reports, diary entries and letters relating to Christmas in wartime, from the American War of Independence to the Iraq War in 2006. View more info
By: ARNOLD, GUY:
Price: £10.00
Publisher: London. Hamish Hamilton. 1980 1st edition.:
Seller ID: 63231
8vo. In blue cloth covers with gilt to spine. With illustrated dustwrapper. In near fine condition with very good dustwrapper (dw; spine slightly faded. Not price clipped). A very clean and tight copy. 195pp. With b/w portrait frontis. Biography of G.A.Henty, examining his background, life as a War Correspondent and attitudes to Non-British people in his novels. View more info
By: ARNOLD, GUY:
Price: £10.00
Publisher: London. Hamish Hamilton. 1980 1st edition.:
Seller ID: 64169
8vo. In blue cloth covers with gilt to spine. With illustrated dustwrapper. In near fine condition with very good dustwrapper (dw; spine slightly faded. Not price clipped). A very clean and tight copy. 195pp. With b/w portrait frontis. Biography of G.A.Henty, examining his background, life as a War Correspondent and attitudes to Non-British people in his novels. View more info
By: ASPINALL-OGLANDER, C: BAMFORD, Francis:
Price: £50.00
Publisher: London, Constable & Co., 1936 1st:
Seller ID: 80969
Hardback, 8 x 5.5 inches. Blue cloth with gilt lettering to spine. In very good condition. Some rubbing and handling marks to boards, Rubbing to corners and ends of spine. Neat inscription to front. Some light foxing spots. Else a very clean and tight copy. Scarce. 262pp. Illustrated with 10 B&W plates including endpapers, map, and folding table. View more info
By: ATKINSON, D. H.;
Price: £65.00
Publisher: Leeds. Walker and Laycock, 1885 1st LTD Numbered edition (260/500.):
Seller ID: 77442
2 voluems. Hardbacks, half bound in green cloth boards and vellum spines with brown leather spine labels lettered in gilt. Top edges gilt. In very good conditions. Corners slightly bumped and rubbed, spines darkened, spine labels rubbed, label on vol.1 has repaired tear. A couple of small marks to cloth. Endpapers darkened with some neat pencil notations at front. Numbered page darkened. A couple of spots to frontis. Some neat pencil notations to margins. Else inside pages very clean and tight throughout. 443 + 443pp (+ indices and notes.) Illustrated with an engraved frontis Portrait of Thore... View more info
Price: £20.00
Publisher: London, Richard Bentley & Son, 1887 1st:
Seller ID: 80861
Hardback, 9 x 6 inches. Dark blue navy cloth with gilt lettering and decoration to spine, gilt vignette and blind decorative edging to boards. Grey endpapers. In very good condition. Corners and ends of spine rubbed, small split to bottom end of spine. Minor soiling/fading to bottom leading corners of boards. Bump to front middle edge. the odd tiny handling mark else pages all very clean and tight throughout. 428pp. View more info
By: BALLARD, George;
Price: £175.00
Publisher: London, T. Evans, 1775:
Seller ID: 77869
Hardback, approx 8.5 x 5 inches. In full polished calf leather binding, red and brown leather spine labels lettered in gilt, raised banding, plain endpapers, speckled page edges, gilt board edges. In very good condition. Professional repair to spine, corners bumped with a couple of small chips, edges rubbed, some small marks to boards. Glue repair to inside front hinge. Bookplate and neat inscription to front endpaper “Doctors Commons 1828.” Some slight darkening to title page and opposite where silk pagemark has been laid. A couple of small minor foxing spots else a very clean and... View more info
By: BARRIE, J.M.:
Price: £3.00
Publisher: Peter Davies. 1937 1st edition.:
Seller ID: 73665
Size 5.75 x 8.00 inches. In dark blue cloth covers with gilt to spine. With illustrated dustwrapper. In very good condition with good dustwrapper (dw; spine slightly darkened with pieces missing. slightly rubbed around edges with small chips and tears. Not price clipped). A clean and tight copy 285pp. With 9 b/w plates. Privately printed in 1930, this the first edition published in 1937 of J.M.Barrie’s autobiography. View more info
By: BAUMAN, JANINA:
Price: £5.00
Publisher: London. Virago. 1986 1st edition.:
Seller ID: 61852
In black cloth covers with gilt to spine. With illustrated dustwrapper. In very good condition with very good dustwrapper (dw; slightly rubbed along top edge with small chips. Not price clipped). A clean and tight copy. 195pp. Prof. ills. with b/w photographs. An extraordinary story of courage and survival. Following the fall of Warsaw the family if forced into the ghetto. Early in 1943 they escaped but had to remain in hiding until the war was over. View more info
By: BAYLIS, TREVOR:
Price: £3.00
Publisher: Headline. 1999 1st edition.:
Seller ID: 74045
Size 6.25 x 9.5 inches. In dark blue cloth covers with gilt to spine. With illustrated dustwrapper. Light brown endpapers. In near fine condition with very good dustwrapper (dw; Not price clipped). A very clean and tight copy. 272pp. With b/w and colour photographs. Autobiography of the inventor of the clockwork radio. View more info
Price: £95.00
Publisher: Middlesbrough. William Appleyard & Sons. 1920 1st edition.:
Seller ID: 76415
Hardback 8.5 x 6 inches. In dark green cloth with gilt lettered leather label to spine. Beveled edge boards. Floral endpapers. Red speckled edges. In very good condition. Minor mark to rear, some rubbing to corners and edges. Inside pages and endpapers very clean and tight throughout. 214pp. With many B&W photo portraits. With fold out family tree at rear. View more info
Price: £28.00
Publisher: Geneva & New York, Institut et Musee Voltaire, Pierpont Morgan Library, 1968 1st thus:
Seller ID: 81561
Large hardback (folio) approx 15 x 11 inches. Half bound in cream cloth and grey paper covered boards, paper title label to spine. In plain white dustwrapper. In very good near fine condition with very good dustwrapper (DW some minor darkening and handling marks, edges rubbed.) Cover and inside pages all very clean and tight. Else a very clean and tight copy. 321pp. - 303 pages of B&W lithographic facsimile plates of Voltaire’s account book. View more info
Price: £25.00
Publisher: London & Edinburgh; Sands & Co. 1905 1st:
Seller ID: 79860
Hardback, 8 x 5.5 inches. In light blue cloth binding with colour pictorial design to front, and black lettering to spine. In very good condition. Some rubbing and fading to cloth; edges and corners rubbed, some rubbing to front but mostly to rear board. Some minor darkening to endpapers, with neat inscription to front “Done, 1905.” Else inside pages all very clean and tight. 219pp. + 4pp cat. View more info
By: BISHOP, Patrick;
Price: £10.00
Publisher: William Collins / HarperCollins 2014 1st edition:
Seller ID: 74967
Size 6 x 9.5 inches. In grey cloth with gilt to spine and illustrated dustwrapper. In very good near fine condition, with very good dustwrapper. Dustwrapper has small chip to rear bottom corner and cloth has small mark at same spot. Else a clean & tight, otherwise unmarked copy. 299pp. With maps and b&w photographic illustrations. View more info
By: BLACKWELL, DORIS / LOCKWOOD, DOUGLAS:
Price: £8.00
Publisher: Angus & Robertson. London. 1965 1st Edition:
Seller ID: 58819
Tall 8vo. In brown cloth covers with gilt to spine. With illustrated dustwrapper. Brown endpapers. In very good condition with very good dustwrapper (dw; in removable plastic cover. Slightly rubbed along edges with small tears. Not price clipped). Small marks to back endpapers. Mild foxing to edges. Else a clean and tight copy. 204pp. With b/w photographs. Doris Blackwell’s father was officer-in-charge of Alice Springs telegraph station from 1899 to 1908. A personal story of life at The Alice at the turn of the 19th /20th century. View more info